File:Amazingheroes.jpg

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Non-free media data
Description

Cover of Amazing Heroes 85 (Dec 15, 1985)Art by Alan Davis.

Source

Apparent scan made by the original uploader User:Logan1138.

Portion used

Full front cover as published.

Low resolution?

260px size unsuitable to use for high end reproduction.

Other information

Original publication Copyright © 1985 Fantigraphic Books. All characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are Trademarks & Copyright of their various creators and/or publishers. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Non-free media rationale for Alan Davis
Article

Alan Davis

Purpose of use

Illustration of the artist's work.

Replaceable?

No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

Non-free media rationale for Amazing Heroes
Article

Amazing Heroes

Purpose of use

For identification purposes in conjunction with discussion of the topic of the article.

Replaceable?

No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

Licensing

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Copyrighted
This image is from a comic strip, webcomic or from the cover or interior of a comic book. The copyright for this image is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic or the writer(s) and/or artist(s) which produced the comic in question. It is believed that
  • the use of low-resolution images of the cover of a comic book to illustrate:
    • the issue of the comic book in question;
    • the periodical comic book series of which this issue is a part; or
    • the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question;
  • or the use of low-resolution images of a single panel from a comic strip or an interior page of a comic book to illustrate:
    • the scene or storyline depicted, or
    • the copyrighted character(s) or group(s) depicted on the excerpted panel in question;
  • where no free alternative exists or can be created,
  • on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/copyright for more information.